Snowboarding has become one of the premier alpine sports. The past decade has seen the popularity of snowboarding increase dramatically and the recent Winter Olympic Games at Salt Lake City, USA, showcased the strong visualappeal of the sport and the youth-oriented lifestyle and culture that accompaniesit.The injury profile of the sport has also undergone change along with techno-logical advances in boot and binding systems and the changing demographics ofthe sports participants. Central to the development of injury-prevention strategiesis knowledge of the profile of injuries that occur, understanding those who are atparticular risk and, if possible, the biomechanical factors involved in each injurytype.Snowboarding was initially considered a dangerous, uncontrolled, alpine sport- an opinion based on little or no scientific evidence. That evidence has rapidlygrown over the past decade and we now know that snowboard injury rates are nodifferent to those in skiing; however, the injury profile is different. The purpose ofthis review is to give some perspective to the current snowboard injury literature. It discusses not only the demographic profile of those injured and the type ofinjuries that occur, but also gives some insight into the progress that has occurredin determining the impact of specific prevention strategies, such as splints toprevent injuries to the wrist/forearm. The next decade will also see a greater understanding of the biomechanicalforces involved in snowboard injuries, which may well impact on future technological advances. As the literature indicates, however, some things will notchange, e.g. injuries are more likely to occur in beginners and lessons need to bereinforced as a fundamental aspect of any injury-prevention strategy.
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